Round 8: Tossup 19

Karen Radner estimated this empire had around 150 “Great Ones” that could stamp messages with an unqu showing a lion being stabbed, which the kalliu system of mule riders delivered. A king of this empire declared “because I wanted to, I built a city,” which he developed from the village of Maganubba into a capital. A ruler of this empire created the title King of All Lands, expanding on King (*) Adad-nirari II’s revival (10[1])of the King of Four Corners after centuries of disuse. A triangular area of this empire’s cities, including Dur-Sharrukin, was resettled by millions of conquered people. Old Aramaic first became (10[1])a lingua franca under this empire, causing its own Akkadian dialect to decline. For 10 points, name this empire ruled by kings like Tiglath-Pileser (10[1])III and Sennacherib, who made Nineveh (10[1])its capital. ■END■

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